The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Sep 1, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Something Smells Funky 'Round Here | Elvin Bishop | Alligator |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Out of the Blues | Boz Scaggs | Concord |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Why Did You Have to Go | Anthony Geraci | Shining Stone |
| - | 4 | 4 | The NOLA Sessions | Tom Hambridge | Superstar |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | In the Boys' Club | Kat Riggins | Bluzpik |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | No Mercy in This Land | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Anti |
| ▲ | 7 | 11 | Shine Bright | Marcia Ball | Alligator |
| ▲ | 8 | 13 | Keith Stone with Red Gravy | Keith Stone | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Honey Up | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | Living with Your Ghost | Kara Grainger | Station House |
| ▲ | 12 | 15 | Uptown Cool | Big Harp George | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
| ▼ | 14 | 7 | Southbound I-95 | JP Soars | Soars High |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | Get Your Groove! | Bruce Katz Band | American Showplace |
| ▲ | 16 | 23 | Blind Spot | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat |
| ▲ | 17 | 21 | Heard the Lie | Gina Sicilia | Blue Elan |
| ▲ | 18 | 29 | Not Made for Hire | The Bennett Brothers | American Showplace |
| ▼ | 19 | 14 | Love Lives on | Dana Fuchs | Get Along |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | Victor Wainwright & the Train | Victor Wainwright | Ruf |
| ▲ | 21 | 26 | Believe | The Keeshea Pratt Band | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 22 | 35 | A Woman Rules the World | Whitney Shay | Little Village |
| ▼ | 23 | 18 | Memphis Song | Tas Cru | SubCat |
| ▲ | 24 | 31 | VooDoo Woman | Crystal Shawanda | New Sun |
| ▲ | 25 | 30 | Manhattan Alley | Big Apple Blues | Stone Tone |
| ▲ | 26 | 38 | Live in Tallahassee | Eugene Hideaway Bridges | Armadillo |
| ▼ | 27 | 17 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra |
| ▲ | 28 | 46 | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Here in Babylon | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Jesi-Lu |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Premonition of Love | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts | Nola Blue |
| ▲ | 31 | 50 | Hangin' on | Michael Osborn | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 32 | 24 | Me & the Originator | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
| ▼ | 33 | 28 | Lock Up the Liquor | The Little Red Rooster Blues Band | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 34 | 40 | Up All Night | Albert Castiglia | Ruf |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | Don't Wait Up | Deb Rhymer | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 36 | 19 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator |
| ▼ | 37 | 25 | Fineprint | James Harman | Electro-F |
| ▲ | 38 | 42 | Running out of Time | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 39 | 34 | Raised in Muddy Water | Markey Blue Ric Latina Project | EllerSoul |
| ▲ | 40 | 41 | Love is an Army | Janiva Magness | Blue Élan |
| ▲ | 41 | 49 | Wisdom & Decay | Jeff Jensen | Swingsuit |
| ▼ | 42 | 20 | Kids, Dogs & Krazy Women | Bob Lanza Blues Band | Connor Ray |
| ▼ | 43 | 33 | Call Me Lucky | Chris Smither | Signature Sounds |
| ▲ | 44 | 53 | Something I've Done | Downchild | Linus Entertainmant |
| ▲ | 45 | 48 | We're All in This Together | Walter Trout | Provogue |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | Almost Transparent Blues | Wily Bo Walker | Mescal Canyon |
| ▲ | 47 | 59 | Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors | Mark Wenner's Blues Warriors | Eller Soul |
| ▲ | 48 | 83 | Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven | Peter Parcek | Lightnin' |
| ▼ | 49 | 44 | Winning Hand | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| ▲ | 50 | 58 | Three for the Road | John Mayall | Forty Below |
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